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com⋅pre⋅hen⋅sion
[kom-pri-hen-shuh
n]
–noun
| 1. | the act or process of comprehending. |
| 2. | the state of being comprehended. |
| 3. | perception or understanding: His comprehension of physics is amazing for a young student. |
| 4. | capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; power to grasp ideas; ability to know. |
| 5. | Logic. the connotation of a term. |
| 6. | inclusion. |
| 7. | comprehensiveness. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L comprehēnsiōn- (s. of comprehēnsiō), equiv. to comprehēns(us) (ptp. of comprehendere to comprehend ) + -iōn- -ion
1400–50; late ME < L comprehēnsiōn- (s. of comprehēnsiō), equiv. to comprehēns(us) (ptp. of comprehendere to comprehend ) + -iōn- -ion

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Comprehension
Com`pre*hen"sion\, n. [L. comprehensio: cf. F. compr['e]hension.]1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion. In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. --Hooker. 2. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.] Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them. --Chillingworth. 3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles. 4. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term. 5. (Rhet.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.
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Language Translation for : comprehension
Spanish:
comprensión,
German:
das Verständnis,
Japanese:
理解
comprehension com·pre·hen·sion (kŏm'prĭ-hěn'shən)
n.
See apperception.
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